The Resurrection of VC Summer, Units 2 and 3
It was only a matter of time…
The Nuclear Electrical Engineer
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It was only a matter of time…
Multiple economic, political, and international factors have combined to give nuclear power the breakout it needed…
The 800-megawatt unit appears to have found a dedicated power buyer for multiple decades.
As of July 31, 2023, the unit will produce 1,100 megawatts of electricity that will power approximately 500,000 homes and businesses for the next…
Georgia Power made the announcement on April 1, 2023…
Testing began approximately two weeks after Unit 3 achieved criticality for the first time…
The latest milestone in a Southern Company-TerraPower partnership that began in 2015, the test system supports the molten chloride reactor experiment at Idaho National…
Fuel loading began on October 13, 2022. The first fuel assemblies began arriving on site in December 2020.